Suicide Monologues

This year we welcomed Flippin’ Mental Theatre into the fold as one of our community enterprises. The enterprise is led by local writer Kathryn Littlewood, writer of the uniquely funny mental health memoir Cultivating Madcow. We’re delighted to announce Kathryn’s latest collaboration – Suicide Monologues – will be livestreamed this Saturday at 7pm as part … Continued

Leaving lockdown: our second Covid impact survey

In May this year we ran a survey asking people about the impact of Covid-19 on their mental health, and we published the results in June. A lot has changed since then, so we ran a second survey. We found that: Over 85% of people reported their mental health had got worse, up by over … Continued

Viewpoints: our annual art exhibition!

Our creative arts enterprise, CAST, have been running an annual exhibition for 10 years. This year, we will be teaming up with Sheffield Health and Social Care to run an exhibition themed around ‘viewpoints’. The exhibition will be online, and (we hope) in the Winter Gardens in Sheffield City Centre. We are now looking for … Continued

How to use our newest website: My Toolkit

A lot of us right now are tweaking and refining how we look after our mental health. These are difficult times, plus we have far fewer options (the things we might usually go to to support our mental health are either closed or online: the gym, art classes, work, etc etc). One of the most … Continued

Will Hobson’s Experience of Brunsmeer Awareness FC

I first got involved with Brunsmeer back in September of 2018, after a friend sent me a link to some footage of the team in action on their Instagram page. “Have you seen this” she remarked. “There’s a mental health football team that runs in Sheffield, kinda similar to the one back in Stockport but … Continued

New project, new course: Managing Your Mental Health

Sheffield Flourish have been working with Sheffield Health and Social Care and SUN:RISE to create a new project: The Learning Space. We are thrilled to announce The Learning Space has teamed up with psycho-educator Chrissy Bonham to deliver an online course focusing on managing your mental health. Here Chrissy tells us a little about herself … Continued

How Lisa is coping during Covid-19

We are all adjusting to a new way of living, during this time. Lisa who works for Sheffield Flourish, shares how she has had to adjust to a minimum of 12 weeks isolation.

Art packs for the community

Working with the lovely CAST, we’ve made some art packs which we’re really excited to share with the community. Download an art pack We really hope you enjoy working with these, and please send us some photos of what you make! UPDATE! A huge thank you for the community support for these art packs, including … Continued

What’s on at Sheffield Flourish

Our enterprise activities are moving online, and we wanted to share what our new schedule is. There’s more information about getting involved under each of the headings.

Support Services During This Time

Here at Sheffield Flourish we are slowly adjusting to a new way of working and living. It can feel overwhelming at points and we understand the fears, anxieties and frustrations that we are all experiencing. It is no surprise that service provision has changed right across the city, and indeed the country, as well as … Continued

Coping during covid: Wellbeing ideas from Jo

It’s a strange, strange time we are living through, and we’re all just learning as we go. Jo, who works for Sheffield Flourish, shares a few things she’s been doing to stay feeling okay. A few links from the video: My Toolkit Habit Tracker template

Coronovirus: Things to do in your Sheffield homes

We’re really missing the weekly groups we usually run here at Sheffield Flourish. Although we’re still available over the phone, we’ve been trying to think of what we can do to fill the gaps. So, we decided to put together this blog of activities. First off, a really helpful picture we wanted to share, which … Continued